Lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Imaging is integral in
accurate clinical staging to stratify patients into groups to predict survival and determine …

Published in 2009, the 7th edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer TNM staging
system is the culmination of an extensive worldwide initiative to standardize and validate …

Today lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States,
accounting for 28% of all cases. Radiologists play an important role in the assessment of this …

Introduction: An international database was collected to inform the 8 th edition of the
anatomic classification of lung cancer. The present analyses concern its primary tumor (T) …

Cancer staging characterises the extent of disease facilitating selection of the most
appropriate management and therapy and providing prediction of prognosis. As …

The tumor, node, metastasis (TNM) staging system approved by International Association for
the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) and the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) to …

The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer proposed changes to the 7th
edition of the Tumor, Node, and Metastasis (TNM) staging manual of non–small cell lung …

Accurate staging of lung cancer is necessary to describe and communicate disease extent,
predict prognosis, determine therapy, and evaluate the results of clinical trials. The Union …

Among the many prognostic factors identified in Lung Cancer, 1 the anatomic extent of
disease, as described by the tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) classification, has the longest …

The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer has reevaluated the staging
system for lung cancer. Their analysis reviewed data derived from more than 100,000 …